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Can we have a new banner please!
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Don't STFU jbark...you echo my sentiments completelyjbark said:I can well imagine the traveler has his hands quite full already and is, I am sure, juggling all sorts of problems and conflicts of which we will never be aware and which allow this site to continue unhindered and unencumbered.
I thought this was an important perspective to bring to the discussion. Again, we are a community, and if I am the only voice for this perspective, i'll gladly STFU!!
Ash - those are great looking banners BTW. I do have to admit I have grown quite fond of the current one however, and would be a little sad to see it replaced.
But - I ain't awefreed 'O a lil chaynje, needer!!
JBArk
The Centre
Rising Star
Well, if it entails a lot of work for the guy programming the site, then sure, screw multiple banners...
State of the Mind
Rising Star
Wow, those new banners look fabulous. SWIM believes that banner should be based on nature and have a more visually appealing color scheme. SWIM believes this would make the site look more welcoming and homely.
These are just SWIM's views.
:d :d :d
These are just SWIM's views.
:d :d :d
The Centre said:
It doesn't, but traveller is probably justified in his concern about bandwith. Although If there are 10 banners in the carousel, It's not a tenfold increase in bandwidth since everyone would download them once and once only. I think that might be acceptable but I don't know the numbers.
@jbark: it's been like that for a few years, so, thought it was time for a change.
why?shoe said:
harder better faster stronger newer ?
I just thought with the ample talent on the art/literature forum that someone would be able to come up with something better (perhaps, truer to the experience) than the lovely pink/blue thing we've got at the moment.
I just thought with the ample talent on the art/literature forum that someone would be able to come up with something better (perhaps, truer to the experience) than the lovely pink/blue thing we've got at the moment.
shoe said:
We are getting better every day. Not always is a revolution needed, sometimes evolution will do just fine.
Kind regards,
The Traveler
Mercury_Hg
Rising Star
You grossly misunderstand the technicalities in changing an image. It's as simple as changing the name of a file, or if the filename's the same between the new and the old, replacing the file on the server. It would take 10 seconds. Literally. 10 seconds. Especially if the image dimensions are the same. If they're not, 15 seconds maybe.jbark said:Is this really such an important issue? The traveler does a bang up job running and maintaining this site, has designed a fantastic looking banner, and we're trying to burden him with further programming duties to have alternating/user-choice banners so we can personalize our DMT NEXUS experience?
Maybe I am in a minority here in not considering this a particularly pressing or important issue, but I can well imagine the traveler has his hands quite full already and is, I am sure, juggling all sorts of problems and conflicts of which we will never be aware and which allow this site to continue unhindered and unencumbered.
I thought this was an important perspective to bring to the discussion. Again, we are a community, and if I am the only voice for this perspective, i'll gladly STFU!!
Ash - those are great looking banners BTW. I do have to admit I have grown quite fond of the current one however, and would be a little sad to see it replaced.
But - I ain't awefreed 'O a lil chaynje, needer!!
JBArk
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I likes it.۩ said:
EDIT2: Also, if you don't clear your cache that often, you can simply overwrite the file in your cache with your own. I'm sure there're programs / plugins that'll let you do this automatically along with custom CSS layouts too.
Mercury_Hg said:You grossly misunderstand the technicalities in changing an image. It's as simple as changing the name of a file, or if the filename's the same between the new and the old, replacing the file on the server. It would take 10 seconds. Literally. 10 seconds. Especially if the image dimensions are the same. If they're not, 15 seconds maybe.jbark said:Is this really such an important issue? The traveler does a bang up job running and maintaining this site, has designed a fantastic looking banner, and we're trying to burden him with further programming duties to have alternating/user-choice banners so we can personalize our DMT NEXUS experience?
Maybe I am in a minority here in not considering this a particularly pressing or important issue, but I can well imagine the traveler has his hands quite full already and is, I am sure, juggling all sorts of problems and conflicts of which we will never be aware and which allow this site to continue unhindered and unencumbered.
I thought this was an important perspective to bring to the discussion. Again, we are a community, and if I am the only voice for this perspective, i'll gladly STFU!!
Ash - those are great looking banners BTW. I do have to admit I have grown quite fond of the current one however, and would be a little sad to see it replaced.
But - I ain't awefreed 'O a lil chaynje, needer!!
JBArk
Methinks you haven't read the whole thread. I am not a programmer but I think either setting up a menu for people to choose one among many to personalize their banner experience, or having many banners that alternate in the banner space takes considerably longer than 15 seconds.
And methinks to say that I "grossly misunderstand the technicalities in changing an image" might be a little strong in the hyperbole department.
My point was that the Traveler, the mods and even the general community surely have more important issues to attend to and bigger fish to fry. It's kinda like, IMHO, an entire thread of back and forths discussing what shirt to wear on a rainy monday.
Again, I repeat though, if this be the will of the community, I will be more than happy to STFU!:d
JBArk
@ shoe:
Alzabo wrote:
the centre wrote:
Ash wrote:
the traveler wrote:
The centre wrote:
Impsimon wrote:
the centre wrote:
ash wrote:
... i was going to suggest that you
If you'd reread the thread you would see my posts all over the place, and could easily deduct that I HAVE read the thread.
And i had read your post, but it is still work, regardless. It ain't a five minute fix. But AGAIN, if I am in the minority then so be it. I just kinda like the banner, and it would cripple me on my phone (if we had a series), that i use when out of town to stay in touch with y'all...
anyway nuff sed.
happy 1500 posts shoe. :d
JBArk
Orion said:Maybe, if possible, we could have a collection of banners? The current one is good, but maybe someone could fix up a way for a different banner to show at different times? We could really showcase the experiences of the community with eachothers artworks. I'd like to see what peoples imagination can bring up
Alzabo wrote:
the centre wrote:
Ash wrote:
the traveler wrote:
The centre wrote:
Impsimon wrote:
the centre wrote:
ash wrote:
... i was going to suggest that you
, but i guess i just saved you the time.
If you'd reread the thread you would see my posts all over the place, and could easily deduct that I HAVE read the thread.
And i had read your post, but it is still work, regardless. It ain't a five minute fix. But AGAIN, if I am in the minority then so be it. I just kinda like the banner, and it would cripple me on my phone (if we had a series), that i use when out of town to stay in touch with y'all...
anyway nuff sed.
happy 1500 posts shoe. :d
JBArk
My star chart is triple fixed. I will cry if the banner changes.
Mercury_Hg
Rising Star
I blatantly ignored the banner roulette suggestion (I read the whole thread). At the very least, the banner could be changed, which I believe is an optimal solution. I think my gripe with the current one is disproportionate stretching and the color palette. A little variety wouldn't hurt, but rotating banners seems frivolous. Yes, I like using big words.kjbark said:
Your excess of grandiose verbiage is of utmost superfluity. :roll:
I like the colors, the layers, the way it resonates with my own experience... Whatever banner we end up with should be like the image on the front of a travel brochure to say, "Come and visit SPICE!"
I like the colors, the layers, the way it resonates with my own experience... Whatever banner we end up with should be like the image on the front of a travel brochure to say, "Come and visit SPICE!"
